Substandard Medical Care in U.S. Prisons :: Improvement through Civil Liability Actions.

Contrary to the ideal set up in Estelle v. Gamble (1976), inmates' medical needs were infrequently recognized by state courts and normally rejected through the examination of the two-pronged standard. Tsai contributes to existing literature by examining inadequate medical care and medical malpr...

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1. Verfasser: Tsai, Lily Chi-Fang, 1981-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: El Paso : LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC, 2014.
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Schriftenreihe:Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
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Zusammenfassung:Contrary to the ideal set up in Estelle v. Gamble (1976), inmates' medical needs were infrequently recognized by state courts and normally rejected through the examination of the two-pronged standard. Tsai contributes to existing literature by examining inadequate medical care and medical malpractice litigation against prison and jail physicians who have been sued in state courts by inmates during the past decade. By classifying the treatment actions or inactions that led inmates to file for civil remedies and examining the negative health outcomes that resulted from physicians' actions and in.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (173 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781593327835
1593327838

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